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O. H. 000KB. SHIRT BOSOM STUD. No. 544,884 Patented Aug. 20, 1896.

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SSTPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,884, dated August20, 1895.

Application filed May 17, 1895.

T0 ctZZ whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, CHARLES H. CooKE, of the city and county ofProvidence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement in Shirt-Bosom Studs; and I declare the followingto be a specification thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

Like letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevationof the same, showing the spring-prongs in their normal position. Fig. 3is a rear elevation showing the spring-prongs pressed into contact withthe shoe. Fig. 4 illustrates the manner of inserting the stud throughthe shirt-bosom or withdrawing it therefrom.

My invention is an improved stud designed for use upon shirt-bosoms; andit consists of the combination, with a head or ornamental button-frontprovided with the usual post or shank, of a shoe extending from the endof the post or shank to one side at a right angle, and two spring-prongssecured to the shoe on opposite sides thereof at its outer end andadapted by their resilience to normally spread apart or separate attheir free ends away from the shoe, but capable of being pressed intolongitudinal contact with the shoe, as here inafter particularlyspecified.

In the drawings, A represents the ornamental head or button-front of ashirt-bosom stud.

B is the post or shank, cut away at its end to a narrower Width, leavingthere shoulders a, Fig. 2, on two opposite sides.

0 is the shoe, which is in the form of a bar and extends from the end ofthe post or shank B at a right angle thereto. The corner formed at theouter junction of the post B and shoe 0 is rounded 01f, as at b, Fig. 3,to facilitate the passage of the post and shoe through the eyelet-holeof the shirt-bosom c. On each side of the shoe 0, at the outer endthereof, is secured a spring-prong D, extending flar- Serial No.549,603: (No model.)

ingly or at an acute angle with the shoe inwardly, as seen in Fig. 2.The spring-prongs D'have their free ends slightly curved and brought toan edge, as shown at d.

To insert the stud into the shirt-bosom the sition in the eyelet-holeillustrated in Fig. 4,

it is then tipped by the hand to bring the post B into a right anglewith the cloth. This movement carries the shoe 0 and prongs D entirelythrough the eyelet-hole, whereupon the prongs 1) spring open again bytheir resilience to the normal position, shown in Fig. 2, and the studis securely fastened in place, the prongs serving as barbs to preventthe withdrawal of the stud from the eyelethole.

To remove the stud from the shirt-bosom the spring-prongs D are pressedby the thumb and finger into snug contact with the shoe, as in Fig. 3,whereupon the rounded ends d of the prongs fitting under the shoulders aof the post B allow the prongs and shoe to be readily drawn out throughthe eyelet-hole, the rounded corner I) of the post and shoe facilitatingsuch withdrawal.

I claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent The improved shirt bosom stud herein de scribed, consisting ofthe ornamental head, the post centrally fastened thereto, the shoe,extending from the post to one side at a right angle therewith, andspring prongs fastened to the outer end of said shoe and extendingtherefrom at an acute angle, substantially as specified.

CHARLES II. COOKE.

Witnesses:

WARREN R. Pnnon, DANIEL W. Finn.

